Lost in the sauce

[worth_the_wait 12]

My finace and I received our Packet 3.5 at the beginning of December. He returned it to the Embassy using American Express Office in Islamabad on December 22nd as instructed in the packet. As of today, the Embassy shows that they haven't received the documents and American Express is telling him not to worry that he will recieve a call from the Embassy soon. Any advice on how in the world we track down our documents and secure an interview date?

On a separate note, he recieved a phone call on December 19th from a Police Officer stating that he had a background check request for my finace and wanted my finace to tell him about himself (i.e. where he worked, where he lived, what he did in his spare time, where he went to school, etc.) is this part of AP or what?

Any comments, thoughts, advice are more than welcome!

Thanks!

Kim

[carolynhotstuff 252]

Hi Kim,

My husband sent documents to the embassy and it took 3 weeks for it to show up in their system so give it some more time before you start to worry. As far as the police officer calling and asking questions I'm not sure why they are doing that but AP is done by the embassy. Not the police.

[carolynhotstuff 252]

Sorry Kim I misunderstood your question about the police officer. Maybe someone else can help you with that. I don't know anyone who has been called by the police at the request of the embassy. Usually when the embassy is doing security checks it's done in secret.

My husband got a call from the embassy asking him questions but not the police.

[worth_the_wait 12]

Thanks Carolyn!!! Ok I will be patient! I thought it was quicker than that so it is good to know we are still on time. LOL

BUT as far as this strange phone call..... that makes me a bit nervous about this police officer calling him and that my finace gave him all his details. You can never be too careful these days. Now I am really wondering what that was about. Hmmmmmmm

Edited January 5, 2012 by worth_the_wait

[EAbbas 213]

Thanks Carolyn!!! Ok I will be patient! I thought it was quicker than that so it is good to know we are still on time. LOL

BUT as far as this strange phone call..... that makes me a bit nervous about this police officer calling him and that my finace gave him all his details. You can never be too careful these days. Now I am really wondering what that was about. Hmmmmmmm

That is a little odd... never heard that one before.. usually the police certificate is done at the police station and done with paperwork etc and my husband got it within a couple of days with no issues and def no phone calls. Hopefully somebody else can comment that had that happen to them...

[worth_the_wait 12]

I can say for sure that it didn't have anything to do with him getting his police certificate because he did that about 2 weeks prior to the phone call and already had it in his hands.

Ok now I am getting a bit more worried about it. Hopefully no harm will come because of it. He was completely honest with the Officer, if it was an Officer.

Thank you both for your comments.

[SHM 0]

I'm not sure about the strange phone call either. But I wanted to let you know that it took around 3-4 weeks for the embassy to acknowledge having received Packet 3.5 in my case. Rather than contacting the embassy about it or AEG, I called DOS each week until they acknowledged that Packet 3.5 was now in the system & that an interview date was assigned. I think his interview was approximately 6 weeks after we submitted 3.5.

I was also worried that we had gotten the courier wrong. I was able to find a website for AEG that has a visa tracking page: http://www.aegusvisa.com.pk/Default.aspx?PageID=17 . I haven't seen anyone mention this page before on the Pakistan portal. Anyhow, when I entered my fiance's passport number, his information came up....So I stopped feeling nervous that we hadn't turned it in correctly.

I suppose the AEG website was set up to model the system in other countries and allow for tracking. At some point months ago, my fiance's status changed to "Delivered" (It was around the time he got his interview letter). Since then, the status has remained the same. After my fiance got his visa, I checked to see if AEG had made any changes to the status -- nope! AEG hasn't quite figured out how to do these status things then

Edited January 6, 2012 by shmalik

[Darnell 8,479]

one thing to check, always.. for casefile status at the Embassy?

Call the DoS Hotline - they have casefile status, albeit 24 hours old - DoS Hotline and the Embassy IV unit share the same computer systems, a DoS Hotline Human can see MOST of what's 'there' on the casefile status.

[worth_the_wait 12]

I'm not sure about the strange phone call either. But I wanted to let you know that it took around 3-4 weeks for the embassy to acknowledge having received Packet 3.5 in my case. Rather than contacting the embassy about it or AEG, I called DOS each week until they acknowledged that Packet 3.5 was now in the system & that an interview date was assigned. I think his interview was approximately 6 weeks after we submitted 3.5.

I was also worried that we had gotten the courier wrong. I was able to find a website for AEG that has a visa tracking page: http://www.aegusvisa....aspx?PageID=17 . I haven't seen anyone mention this page before on the Pakistan portal. Anyhow, when I entered my fiance's passport number, his information came up....So I stopped feeling nervous that we hadn't turned it in correctly.

I suppose the AEG website was set up to model the system in other countries and allow for tracking. At some point months ago, my fiance's status changed to "Delivered" (It was around the time he got his interview letter). Since then, the status has remained the same. After my fiance got his visa, I checked to see if AEG had made any changes to the status -- nope! AEG hasn't quite figured out how to do these status things then

Hey Thanks soo much for this information! Actually my fiance found this site referenced on his reciept from the American Express Office where he sent his documetns from. We check it everyday and as of today it still says No file is found. Perhaps we just need a little more patience.....after all it has only been 8 months since we started this process...why want to rush it now!! LOL

Hopefully we hear something from them next week - InshAllah.

Edited January 6, 2012 by worth_the_wait